Stories for July 23rd 2006

Sunday, July 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Castro, Chavez visit “Che's” home

Seemingly unconcerned about an Argentine request to allow a Cuban doctor out of the island to visit her children in Argentina, Cuban leader Fidel Castro yesterday spent his third day in Cordoba province by taking Venezuelan ally Hugo Chavez on an emotional pilgrimage to the boyhood home of Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

Sunday, July 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Sexy Santiago: “Coffee with legs”

North Americans take their coffee with milk or sugar. Europeans sometimes add chocolate, and the Irish have been known to add a healthy dose of whiskey to their morning or evening beverage. In Chile, however, coffee often comes with legs (café con piernas).

Sunday, July 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Family remembers Brazilian slain by London police

Family and friends of a Brazilian man who was mistaken by London police officers for a terrorist and killed inside a subway station in this capital gathered Saturday at the site of the tragedy on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Sunday, July 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Aerolineas del Sur to Fly to Buenos Aires

Chile's Aerolineas del Sur (AS) is opening nine new routes, including Buenos Aires, despite high oil prices and company internal rifts.

Sunday, July 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Israel begins ground offensive in Lebanon

On the Israel-Lebanon border tanks, bulldozers and armoured personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barrelled over the border yesterday as some 2,000 Israeli forces stepped up a small-scale ground offensive into southern Lebanon to try to root out Hezbollah bunkers and destroy hidden rocket launchers.